J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Studies of Gothic Architectural Details at Lacock Abbey 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Studies of Gothic Architectural Details at Lacock Abbey’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 91 Verso:
Studies of Gothic Architectural Details at Lacock Abbey 1798
D01617
Turner Bequest XL 89a
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 135 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘4’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XL – 89 a’ bottom right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These architectural elements presumably belong to Lacock Abbey, which Turner studied in some detail on neighbouring pages; see folios 85 verso, 87 recto and 92 verso (D01605, D01608, D01619; Turner Bequest XL 83a, 85, 90a),

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Studies of Gothic Architectural Details at Lacock Abbey 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-studies-of-gothic-architectural-details-at-lacock-abbey-r1173856, accessed 24 April 2024.